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David Rensin Books in Order

David Rensin has written 11 books, published between 1991 and 2014. The first book is The Bob Book (1991) and the newest is Don't Give Up, Don't Give In: Lessons from an Extraordinary Life (2014). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
1991–2014
Pages on record
2,879 in 9 of 11 books
Reading time
48–72 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,879 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 11 titles with a page count on record.

See all 11 books in order Printable David Rensin checklist

David Rensin is credited with 11 nonfiction books dated 1991 to 2014, filed under biography and humor. The Bob Book (1991) is the earliest. The Mailroom: Hollywood History from the Bottom Up and Devil at My Heels both date from 2003. All for a Few Perfect Waves (2007) concerns the surfer Miki Dora, and Promises I Made My Mother appeared in 2009. Subject headings mention theatrical agents, the motion picture industry, television personalities and The Larry Sanders Show.

How many David Rensin books are there?

David Rensin has 11 books, released between 1991 and 2014.

David Rensin Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 David Rensin books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of The Bob Book by David Rensin (1991)
  2. Cover of Confessions of a Late Night Talk Show Host: The Autobiography of Larry Sanders by David Rensin (1998)
  3. Cover of Where Did I Go Right?: You're No One in Hollywood Unless Someone Wants You Dead by David Rensin (1999)
  4. Cover of Devil at My Heels by David Rensin (2003)
  5. Cover of The Mailroom: Hollywood History from the Bottom Up by David Rensin (2003)
  6. Cover of Yanni in Words by David Rensin (2003)
  7. Cover of It's All Lies and That's the Truth: And 49 More Rules from 50 Years of Trying to Make a Living in Hollywood by…
  8. Cover of All for a Few Perfect Waves: The Audacious Life and Legend of Rebel Surfer Miki Dora by David Rensin (2007)
  9. Cover of Promises I Made My Mother by David Rensin (2009)
  10. Cover of The Men on My Couch: True Stories of Sex, Love and Psychotherapy by David Rensin (2012)
  1. 1
    The Bob Book1991 · 174 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991174
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  2. 2
    Confessions of a Late Night Talk Show Host: The Autobiography of Larry Sanders1998 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998288
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    Where Did I Go Right?: You're No One in Hollywood Unless Someone Wants You Dead1999 · 389 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999389
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    Devil at My Heels2003 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003320
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    The Mailroom: Hollywood History from the Bottom Up2003 · 464 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003464
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    Yanni in Words2003 · 318 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003318
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    It's All Lies and That's the Truth: And 49 More Rules from 50 Years of Trying to Make a Living in Hollywood2004 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004192
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    All for a Few Perfect Waves: The Audacious Life and Legend of Rebel Surfer Miki Dora2007 · 496 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007496
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    Promises I Made My Mother2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    The Men on My Couch: True Stories of Sex, Love and Psychotherapy2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    Don't Give Up, Don't Give In: Lessons from an Extraordinary Life2014 · 238 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014238
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

David Rensin books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Standalone books

11 books

11 David Rensin titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read David Rensin books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 11 David Rensin books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with David Rensin

Start with The Bob Book (1991), the earliest published title.

What is the newest David Rensin book?

Don't Give Up, Don't Give In: Lessons from an Extraordinary Life (2014) is the newest David Rensin book released so far.

Is there a new David Rensin book coming?

No next David Rensin book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

David Rensin at a glance

No recent titles
The newest David Rensin title on record dates from 2014, 12 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
David Rensin books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,879 pages across the 9 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 318 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most David Rensin books, 6 of 11, were published in the 2000s.

What the David Rensin books are about

All 11 David Rensin books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: biography is tagged on 5 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Biography 5 of 11 books
  • Nonfiction 3 of 11 books
  • Theatrical agents 3 of 11 books
  • Athletes, biography 2 of 11 books
  • History 2 of 11 books
  • Humor 2 of 11 books
  • Motion picture industry 2 of 11 books